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COP27: Empowering people to help meet net zero
COP27: Empowering people to help meet net zero
Read MoreThree consumer protection priorities in the time of AI
Work has already started to improve transparency in AI. To ensure people are the true beneficiaries of this new technology, effective consumer protection needs to be built in at three key stages.
Read MoreAnne Fransen Fund 2024 Projects Announced
Consumers International is delighted to announce that six of our members have been chosen to receive funding through the Anne Fransen Fund (AFF). This year’s winners are from Ecuador, Fiji, Mexico,…
Read MoreWorld Environment Day 2020
In our blog to mark World Environment Day 2020, our Sustainable Consumption Manager, Naomi Scott-Mearns, explores the potential for consumers, and consumer advocacy, to be a powerful actor in taking…
Read MoreGreen Action Week: What does ‘sharing community’ look like in 2020?
Populations in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19. Across the globe, borders have shut, national emergencies have been declared and restrictions in the…
Read MoreCircular Economy
Accelerating the shift towards a global circular economy for the benefit of people and planet. In the past six years, globally, we have consumed over half a trillion tonnes of materials. The linear…
Read MoreHealthy Diets
Unhealthy diets have become a major global killer. Poor diet now ranks above tobacco use as the leading risk factor for death from non-communicable diseases. Every year 16 million people die before…
Read MoreSustainable Consumption
If everyone lived the lifestyle of the average person in western Europe, we would need three planets to support us. Meanwhile, about one billion people live in extreme poverty, unable to access the…
Read MoreConsumer Champions Steward for a Just Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles
Consumer advocates and global leaders unite for World Consumer Rights Day 2025, calling for affordability, accessibility, and systemic change. Read more.
Read MoreConsumers at UNCTAD: Advancing Protection, Innovation and Impact
Consumers International shares key highlights from the UNCTAD conference, including a draft UN resolution on product safety, AI risks, and global consumer advocacy in action.
Read MoreAnne Fransen Fund 2025 Projects Announced
Consumers International is delighted to announce that six of our members have been chosen to receive funding through the Anne Fransen Fund (AFF). This year’s winners are from Bolivia, Saint Lucia,…
Read MoreAnne Fransen Fund 2026 opens for applications
Find out how to apply for a grant to build capacity, drive awareness and education, and empower communities.
Read More08042016: Anne Fransen Fund 2016 projects announced
Six Consumers International (CI) Members from six countries will promote the protection of consumers around the globe through funding provided by the Anne Fransen Fund 2016. The projects, all…
Read MoreWorld Obesity Day marks growing health crisis
New figures indicate 2.7 billion adults worldwide will be overweight by 2025, up from 2 billion in 2014. The figures have been released by the World Obesity Federation on 11 October 2015, World…
Read MoreNew CI study finds public unaware of global diet risks
A Consumers International (CI) poll suggests that huge numbers of the public are unaware of the major impact that unhealthy diets are having on global public health. More than 80% of people…
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